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Dr. Thomas Dooley - Destined To Become A Saint - Died When only 33
DOOLEY, DR. Thomas A. (1927-1961). Noted jungle physician. Completed premedical studies at Notre Dame (1948), A disciple of Albert Schweitzer. Dooley gained first hand knowledge of Communist atrocities. With the co-operation of the Laos Government he founded the hospital at Nam Tha. He returned to America to launch Medico. While carrying his healing mission into still remote mountain villages, Dooley fell from a steep cliff badly injuring his chest which caused a tumor. This was diagnosed as cancer. He died shortly afterwards. After his death, the public learned that he had been recruited as an intelligence operative by the Central Intelligence Agency. The Edge of Tomorrow, Six young Americans, led by Dooley, journey on their own to Southeast Asia to start a jungle hospital. Farrar, Strauss & Co. 1958, First printing. Two hundred-eight pages with illustrations. Inscribed, signed and dated on the first free endpaper: “To C.S. Neuhoff with nest wishes Tom Dooley May 26, 1958. In V/G condition with dust jacket.................................$235.00
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